Have you come across any that are taken from above looking down on the arrow? All I've been able to find are from behind the archer or in front of which makes it difficult to see what's going on.
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The good ones that stand out to me were from the front, a little offset, and a little higher so you could see the arrow all the way. Haven’t seen any good ones from above that I remember.
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And any good slo mos of BB shooters?? I agree with r-d that for most BB shooters this is incredibly difficult to test because of the inconsistencies of shooting at least at less than stellar levels and probably even then. Maybe we have to turn to slo mo to see and analyze. Interesting idea about the role of brace height and upper node dynamics. The plunger saves a lot of us and perhaps it is moot for most of us but still interesting to know.. Maybe a hooter shooter kind of set up but with the bow vertical????
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you can read more about the term and effect of the node. on page 6 of the Firenock 2023 catalog. Link http://org.firenock.com/pdf/2023_Catalog.pdf
This video doesn’t show anything about nodes, it shows the bounce from stringwalking and bigger crawls. It’s a good example of why rests like the Zniper are ideal for that. Notice how that rest jumps back up and looks like it contacts the arrows? That would be inconsistent and a pain to tune.
Nodes and the effect on them is from the horizontal movement of the string and arrow due to the release. Videos from the front or rear show this.
Nodes and the effect on them is from the horizontal movement of the string and arrow due to the release. Videos from the front or rear show this.
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Arrows don't flex around the nodes during stringwalking? Arrows only oscillate in one direction or in all directions force is applied?
This post is more about not having BB slow motion videos. There are videos out there. And also shows the motion between the nodes.
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Thanks for posting. It is still too fast and not high res enuf to see what is going on microsceond by ms.. the op did as good a job as they could with this and you can see some of the early arrow dynamics but it would be great if we could get one of those ultra high resolution slo mo cameras that can follow bullets to look at the early dynamics from all angles, Again I think shooting from a hooter shooter type of set up and then comparing it to a pro BB shooter would also be great. OTF shooters all have a bit of a pluck even on the best of days and that has to add to the arrow dynamics. The physics of arrow flight is very interesting even if it does not change the way we shoot.
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Nice video and much clear and one you can go thru frame by frame more or less.
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Your ‘nodes’ are a function of the state of the arrow.
The string being still attached to the arrow, determines the node position.
The plunger button being behind whichever node is being known to the observer, draws the node closer to itself.
Having the button behind the node, causes the arrow to deflect harder against the button.
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The string being still attached to the arrow, determines the node position.
The plunger button being behind whichever node is being known to the observer, draws the node closer to itself.
Having the button behind the node, causes the arrow to deflect harder against the button.
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